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This trial will consist of a clinical series of up to 50 children with Global Developmental Delay and concomitant microcephaly or hyperkinetic movements. All children will be assessed for psychomotor function using standardized assessments, goal specific assessments, with the potential addition of neuroimaging assessment, prior to and after receiving an intensive burst of neuromotor therapy. The interventional effects will be explored by comparing the pre and post interventional assessments and neuroimaging.


Clinical Trial Description

Up to 50 children between the ages of 6 months and 15 years will be recruited to participate in a burst of intensive neuromotor intervention in the form of Acquire therapy, delivered by the treatment team at Virginia Tech's Neuromotor Research Clinic. All children will have a diagnosis of Global Developmental Delay, with concomitant microcephaly or hyperkinetic movements. The children will be assessed for psychomotor function prior to and after the treatment intervention, using a series of standardized and goal specific assessments, with the possibility of additional neuroimaging assessments when possible. Acquire therapy is an intensive intervention in that it is delivered with high intensity, wherein goal directed behaviors are promoted at high levels of repetition and delivered at a high dose (4-6 hours a day) in an intensive burst of 3-4 weeks of 5 day a week treatment. Acquire therapy is an operant conditioning based intervention delivered in a cycle of refinement, reinforcement and repetition. It is play-based with activities selected to drive behavior toward goals that are specific to each child and selected based on each child's interests and needs. As such a specific protocol cannot be outlined. However, all goal directed activities are designed to promote awareness of and engagement with others and the environment. ;


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NCT number NCT04816175
Study type Interventional
Source Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date April 30, 2019
Completion date August 11, 2022

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